A couple of months ago I successfully imported my .pst file, which was about 2GB, from my PC (Windows 7) to my new Mac (OS X).  Both products were using Office 365 Home (which really means the Mac is using Office for Mac 2011).  One of the issues I discovered early on is that while the PC uses a folder/subfolder approach, the migrated Outlook folders on the Mac APPEAR to use a flat folder alphabetical approach, but that is wrong.  Example:

PC:                                   Mac:

'Outlook on PC'              'On My Computer'

         Inbox                            Drafts

         Drafts                            Inbox

         Outbox                          Junk E-mail

         Sent Items                     Outbox

         Junk E-mail                    'Outlook on PC'

                                               Sent Items

Notice the different locations of the folder named 'Outlook on PC' on the PC and on the Mac.  On the PC, all the folders under 'Outlook on PC' are independent (although necessary) sub-folders.  On the Mac, it would APPEAR that ALL the folders under 'On My Computer' are independent sub-folders, but that would be an incredibly bad assumption (I learned the hard way).  On the Mac, all the folders ARE IN FACT still sub-folders to the 'Outlook on PC' folder, even though it is listed alphabetically as just another folder.  Again, I learned this the hard way the first time I imported the .pst file.  If you delete the 'Outlook on PC' folder on the Mac, it takes all the data of the other folders (that were sub-folders on the PC) with it!!!  Wow!  Fortunately, I had backups.

Okay, now the new problem.  Today, I decided to clean up these other, unused, folders under 'On My Computer' on my Mac (such as Outbox, Sent Items, and… 'Outlook on PC').  First, I dragged the folders I wanted to permanently keep to 'On My Computer' and then deleted the others, including 'Outlook on PC'.  Then I went to 'Deleted Items' under my Outlook Inbox (not part of 'On My Computer') and performed 'Empty Folder'.  Towards the end of the Empty Folder process, I noticed it was deleting several thousand items!  Ooops?  It finished, I checked my 'On My Computer' folders to make sure all the emails looked like they were still there, and they were.  Yay!  Or so I thought!  A few minutes later I clicked on my Outlook Calendar to see what my schedule looked like and… NOT a SINGLE calendar item was ANYWHERE to be seen!!!  OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!  Now, I have actually already fixed the situation because of Time Machine and its' ease of use.  I simply went back a couple of hours, restored the 'Main Identity' for 'Office 2011 Identities', and all is well.


Please help me answer these questions to further understand how and why this happened:

1) Originally, on the PC, since the Outlook Calendar WAS actually a sub-folder of 'Outlook on PC', is that why my calendar items were deleted when I deleted the folder called 'Outlook on PC' on the Mac?  (Even though it looked empty on the Mac.)

2) On the Mac, I was able to move the folders I wanted to permanently keep to the 'On My Computer' folder.  How do I move the Outlook Calendar items on the Mac in the same manner?  (Or must I ALWAYS keep this silly folder called 'Outlook on PC'?  (I guess I could rename it to 'All The Important Stuff From My PC') (lol)).

Thank you for any wisdom you can provide.